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Slideshow: Los Angeles Architecture 1940-1990 At The Getty

The Getty Center opened the exhibit Overdrive: L.A. Constructs The Future 1940-1990 this week and it is fantastic! The show is part of the Pacific Standard Time modern architecture initiative and ties together Valley tract homes, aerospace, googie coffee shops, and the cutting edge Venice architects of the 1970s into a grand exploration of the era architectural historian Alan Hess calls “Imperial California.” Here are some favorites. Little known masterpieces like Gardena’s Starlite Club mingle with icons like the LAX theme building in this must-see show that reinvents the way we think about midcentury L.A.